Nashville, Tenn. | IBSA Health Team Director Scott Foshie was elected chairman of the board of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Foshie first began serving as a trustee for the denomination’s public policy entity when he was pastor of Steelville Baptist Church in Steelville, Illinois. As chairman, he succeeds […]
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IBSA loses religious freedom case, expects to appeal
Springfield | A circuit judge in Springfield has ruled against the Illinois Baptist State Association in a suit to protect IBSA from requirements to provide employees with insurance benefits that cover abortion. The ruling came more than four years after IBSA filed suit, saying the Illinois Reproductive Health Act did not violate IBSA’s religious freedom. […]
Shock, anger as China ends adoptions impacting hundreds of U.S. families
Beijing | The Chinese government has officially ended its international adoption program, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announced Sept. 5, ending hopes for hundreds of U.S. families who were matched with children before the COVID-19 pandemic but had adoptions put on hold in 2020. Karla Thrasher, senior director of international adoptions at Lifeline Children’s Services […]
Finding new ways to mobilize church networks
Springfield | Association leaders from around Illinois gathered at the IBSA building August 5-6 to talk shop and collaborate on ministry. Leo Endel, Executive Director of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention shared how he leads churches and associations through a fairly simple planning process to set goals and redirect future ministry activities. Associational Mission Strategists (AMS) […]
Church sees more than 20 accept Christ during summer mission trip
More than 20 people accepted Christ when seven members of First Baptist Church in Anna visited Mexico on a summer mission trip last month. The seven-member team was led by Pastor Lupé Lopez and his wife, Yadira. “Our mission trip was to the city of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico,” Lopez wrote in an email. According […]
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